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Despite fossil fuel losses, CDPQ continues to invest in oil and gas
MONTRÉAL, May 21, 2020 — While the global health crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic is causing stock markets to plunge and bringing oil prices to historic lows, a new…
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How Dumpster-Diving Opened My Eyes to the Problem of Food Waste
Over the past decade I’ve volunteered at various food rescue charities. Such charities receive unsold food donations from shops or restaurants, and redistribute it to food banks or shelters. Whilst…
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The Good, the Bad, and the TBD in new federal bailout for big business
Reading between the lines of the federal government’s new loan package for big business, there is a sense that Justin Trudeau’s minority government (with some strong shoves from the NDP,…
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Hope in dirty hands
As a first-time mother, the slightest cough, sneeze (or was-that-a-wheeze?) and he’s got my attention. Born in November, it didn’t take a global pandemic for me to force all visitors…
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Weekly Scandal Report: A running list of government scandals and corporate lobbying during COVID-19
We’re here to expose corporations' sneaky efforts to profit from and during the coronavirus pandemic. Find out what's new this week!
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Greenpeace Canada response to federal oil & gas funding package
no dedicated bailout money for oil (they could already access the general pot of money)$1.6B for oil well clean-up, but fed money comes with the conditions we have requested (AB…
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Pipeline construction, an essential service?
Here’s how the oil and gas industry continues to operate under the radar despite the coronavirus. This is a stressful time to say the least. Everything seems impacted by COVID-19.…
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Health and the Reuse Revolution: How governments and corporations can think beyond plastic to a green and just future
Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen the Canadian government, and other local and global governments, mobilize resources and public funds to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s been encouraging to…
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Why we HAVE to make this stimulus green
We have an opportunity to come out of this public health crisis set up for a better future.
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10 simple ways to care for each other during the COVID-19 pandemic
The new coronavirus, COVID-19, has many of us glued to the news cycle, concerned for vulnerable loved ones, and adapting our lives to deal with the changes the pandemic is…
